2025 Book Releases We Can’t Wait For

A brand new year means only one thing for us bookworms: new books to be released, and we couldn’t be more excited! 2024 has given us some highly anticipated novels such as Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and Jacqueline Wilson’s adult fiction, Think Again. In this piece, we’ve compiled a list of some very exciting 2025 book releases, fiction and non-fiction alike. 

So, read on to learn more about 2025’s upcoming big releases and make sure to order their pre-release so you can be one of the first to rave about them!

• Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry

In April 2025, Emily Henry will be releasing her much-anticipated novel, Great Big Beautiful Life. We absolutely love her effortless romance and can’t-put-the-book-down plotlines. Henry’s next novel follows Alice Scott and Hayden Anderson who compete to write the biography of Margaret Ives (a tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most scandalous families of the 20th Century). Only one of them will get their biography published! 

Whilst Alice is hoping to be published so that she can prove herself to her family, Hayden’s confidence in being the chosen one is lessening. Is he threatened by her? How will their story evolve? That depends on who’s telling it… Can’t wait for Henry’s novel? We’ve got a review for her book Happy Place to keep you occupied whilst you wait. 

• Single: Living a Complete Life on Your Own Terms, Nicola Slawson 

Nicola Slawson is here to debunk the myth that this world is made for couples. Did you know that 40% of adults in the UK are single at one time? Yet, being single still seems to equate to something being wrong with you in modern attitudes. With warming and reassuring anecdotes from singlehood, Slawson’s novel will have you feeling empowered by being on your own and inspired to do whatever you want with your life — regardless of your relationship status.

So, whether you need to know what to say to your aunt who is always asking when she can expect to hear wedding bells or you want to know who to call if you’re stranded alone at night, this book is for you. Conveniently coming out on Valentine’s Day Eve, Slawson’s exciting novel will be the motivation you might just need for an empowering 2025.

• The Bright Years, Sarah Damoff

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff is coming out on April the 22nd 2025 — and we think we’re in for a treat. Following four generations within one family, The Bright Years looks to unearth common familial problems. Newly married, Ryan and Lillian Bright are not without secret addictions and undeclared sons. 

Their daughter Georgette is coming of age and watching her parent’s marriage rise and fall. With a fatal blow to their trio, the family scatters but is brought back together by Lillian’s son coming back to find his birth family. Told from three different perspectives, The Bright Years is a beautiful, true-to-life novel that will take you through all the emotions. 

• This Book Will Bury Me, Ashley Winstead

If you’re a thrill-seeker, you’re going to have to form an orderly queue at your nearest bookshop in March 2025. Ashley Winstead’s new gripping novel, This Book Will Bury Me, will be an excellent addition to your book shelf. 

Jane Sharp needs to distract herself from her own grief following her father’s death. In doing so, she becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives and finding out how to work out cases from afar. When the world becomes focused on the murders of three college students in Delphine, Idaho, she and her friends decide they want to beat the police to uncover the truth of what happened. This investigation ends up being harder than expected, as things aren’t lining up and the police have become cagey with revealing details. Told from a year after the incredible events that concluded the case, Jane decides to break her silence about what really happened in the Delphine Massacres…

If you can’t wait that long to have your fix of thriller terror, we have plenty of thriller, horror, and mystery books to be transfixed by in our collection of reviewed works.

• Jane and Dan at the End of the World, Colleen Oakley

At their 19th wedding anniversary dinner, Jane is not sure she and Dan will be having a twentieth because she wants a divorce. Jane feels unwanted in life by her teenage children and her depleting writing career. What’s worse? She thinks she’s not the only person in Dan’s life. 

By the second course, climate activists take over the restaurant and, whilst held hostage, Jane realises that the situation is straight out of her failed novel… with even Dan, who she was convinced hadn’t actually read the book, admitting it’s “eerily familiar”. This means that only she and Dan know what will happen next and it is down to them to stop the hostage situation. This hilarious novel is a great insight into midlife and marriage from an unhappy couple. Will they reunite? 

Fill your shelves with fresh new novels 

We love nothing more than to discover a gripping new book. If you’re looking forward to 2025’s book releases, we can keep you occupied whilst you wait and be your reading partner for the journey. Discover the Victoria Freudenheim blog —  we’re constantly reviewing books and giving you inspiration for your next read. Keep up to date with the latest releases in the book world and make sure you stay posted on your favourite genres, such as romance or fantasy.